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• Kurdish TV shows moment earthquake hits Kurdistan region

  12-11-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  A live broadcast on the Kurdish channel Rudaw TV captured the moment a large earthquake hit Iraq on Sunday evening. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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• Magnitude 5.8 quake hits off east coast of Japan: USGS

  12-11-2017 23:44 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 quake struck off the east coast of Japan on Monday, the U.S. Geological Service said.The quake, originally measured at 6.1 magnitude, hit 218 miles (351 km) east of Sendai, Honshu, at a depth of 5.9 miles (9.5 km), the USGS said.The Japanese Meteorological Agency said the quake's magnitude was 5.7 and it struck at a depth of about 10 kms.
  
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• America's Mass Shooting Problem Is A Domestic Violence Problem

  12-11-2017 23:32 via yahoo.com
  It seems like there is no place in America that is immune to a mass shooting.
  
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• Lebanon PM says he will return to seek settlement

  12-11-2017 23:22 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — In his first TV interview since he announced his surprise resignation last weekend, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Sunday he will return to his country from Saudi Arabia "within days" to seek a settlement with the militant group Hezbollah, his rivals in his coalition government.
  
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• Texas Church Shooter's Ex-Wife Says She Lived In Constant Fear Of Him

  12-11-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  The ex-wife of Devin Patrick Kelley, the 26-year-old gunman who killed 26 people in a rural Texas church last week, says she lived in “constant fear” of him during their brief marriage.
  
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• Earthquake hits Iraq near border with Iran, several killed in both countries

  12-11-2017 22:47 via yahoo.com
  By Raya Jalabi and Ahmed RasheedBAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - At least four people died in Iraq and several were killed across the border in Iran on Sunday when a strong earthquake hit the region, officials and state media in the two countries said.The US Geological Survey said the quake measured a magnitude of 7.3, while an Iraqi meteorology official put its magnitude at6.5 with the epicenter in Penjwin in Sulaimaniyah province in the Kurdistan region close to the main border crossing with Ir
  
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• Elon Musk Reveals Details on "Mind Blowing" Tesla Semi Truck Debut

  12-11-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  "This will be a very spry truck."
  
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• Maduro says Venezuela will 'never' default on its massive debt

  12-11-2017 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro insisted on Sunday that his cash-strapped country would "never" default, as he prepared to meet with creditors in Caracas to discuss rescheduling part of the country's massive $150 billion debt."Never, default will never reach Venezuela," he declared on his weekly television show.Maduro pointed to ongoing negotiations with his allies China and Russia, to which Venezuela owes, respectively, $28 billion and $8 billion.
  
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• Advertisers ditch Sean Hannity's show after Roy Moore interview

  12-11-2017 22:31 via yahoo.com
  Two companies, Realtor.com and Keurig, have pulled advertisements from Fox News host Sean Hannity’s programme after he interviewed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.The Republican running the special election on 12 December has come under criticism for allegations of sexual abuse of teenage girls - all of which Mr Moore has denied.“Every single person in this country deserves the presumption of innocence,” said Mr Hannity during the programme, which included ad spots from both
  
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• US investigators return to scene of Niger ambush: military

  12-11-2017 22:26 via yahoo.com
  US investigators on Sunday returned to a village in Niger where four American soldiers were killed in an ambush in October carried out by Islamist militants, the military said.The news came a day after the Washington Post citing villagers reported that Sgt La David Johnson, one of the four, was found with his arms tied and a gaping wound to the back of the head.The investigative team, comprising US and Nigerien officials, "returned to the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, on Nov. 12 in order to gai
  
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• Raw: Iraqi Forces Find Mass Graves

  12-11-2017 21:46 via yahoo.com
  Iraqi officials said Sunday up to 400 bodies of civilians and security forces had been found in an abandoned base near Hawija, a northern town retaken from the Islamic State group in early October. (Nov. 12)
  
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• The Powerful Earthquake Along the Iran-Iraq Border Has Killed More Than 400 People

  12-11-2017 21:25 via yahoo.com
  Iran sits on many major fault lines and is prone to near-daily quakes
  
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• Lebanon Prime Minister Says He Will Return to Country 'Very Soon'

  12-11-2017 21:20 via yahoo.com
  In a TV interview, Saad Hariri said he resigned to protect Lebanon from imminent danger
  
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• Remembrance Sunday: Queen watches Whitehall service from balcony for first time as Prince Charles lays her wreath

  12-11-2017 20:35 via yahoo.com
  The Prince of Wales has led the nation in honouring the country's war dead on Remembrance Sunday, as the Queen observed the service from a balcony. The Queen asked Charles to lay her wreath at the Cenotaph, in the first time the monarch has broken with tradition and not performed the symbolic duty while in attendance at the Whitehall service. A two-minute silence took place at 11am and wreaths were laid at the foot of the Whitehall memorial by senior royals and political leaders including Prime
  
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• Wyoming veteran returns historical item to Germany

  12-11-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  CODY, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Cody resident Bill Buntyn knew he had something special when he purchased an old German banner in 1983 at a military surplus auction in Ohio.
  
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• In demanding Hariri's return, Lebanese find rare unity

  12-11-2017 20:10 via yahoo.com
  By Imad CreidiBEIRUT (Reuters) - A country long divided by sectarian conflicts, Lebanon has found a rare point of unity since Saad al-Hariri's shock resignation as prime minister: Lebanese of all stripes want him to come back from Saudi Arabia and to continue his work as premier.Hariri left Beirut for Riyadh on Nov. 3 and resigned the following day in a speech that caught even his closest aides off guard.The Lebanese authorities believe Saudi Arabia forced Hariri to resign and is holding him aga
  
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• Until Dawn Dev's PSVR Horror Game Delayed to 2018

  12-11-2017 19:54
  The Inpatient, the upcoming PlayStation VR horror title from Supermassive Games, has been delayed to 2018.
  In a post on its official website, the developer announced The Inpatient is now set to release for PSVR on January 23 in the United States and January 24 in Europe. The psychological horror game, set in the Until Dawn universe, was originally slated to release on November 21.
  Supermassive Games also announced Bravo Team, its upcoming cover-based PSVR shooter, has been delayed to 2018,
  
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• 21 Children and 2 Adults Injured After A Stairway Collapsed At A San Diego Gym

  12-11-2017 19:22 via yahoo.com
  21 children and 2 adults were injured after a structure collapsed at a parkour center in San Diego
  
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• White House official: Roy Moore has 'more explaining' to do

  12-11-2017 19:19 via yahoo.com
  White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short said on Sunday that if the allegations against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore are true, there’s a “special place in hell” for him — but cautioned against a rush to judgment.
  
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• House Won't Agree with Senate Proposal to Nix Property Tax Deduction, Chairman Says

  12-11-2017 19:06 via yahoo.com
  The disagreement sets up a major flashpoint in the Republicans' tax bill push
  
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• Former Top Intelligence Chiefs: Trump Being 'Played' By Putin

  12-11-2017 19:00 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― Two former top U.S. intelligence officials on Sunday denounced President Donald Trump’s repeated refusal to definitively affirm Russian meddling in the 2016 election, saying the president is being manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Florida man accused of riding lawn mower while drunk

  12-11-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  A man has been arrested after police say they witnessed him riding a lawn mower on a Florida highway while carrying a case of beer.The police officer prevented Mr Alleshouse from continuing to drive the lawn mower and claimed he could detect a potent smell of alcohol coming from him.Investigators say Mr Alleshouse, who has now been arrested on a drunk driving charge, was carrying a case of beer and driving the red snapper lawn mower erratically.
  
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• Pollution spikes in Delhi amid warnings no relief in sight

  12-11-2017 18:50 via yahoo.com
  Air pollution in New Delhi worsened again Sunday and officials warned of little relief in sight from the smog, which has even caused one airline to cancel flights to the world's most polluted capital.The US embassy website Sunday showed levels of the smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants reached 676, about 27 times the World Health Organization's safe maximum, after falling slightly late last week.Delhi authorities have halted all construction, shut brick kilns and banned lorries from en
  
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• Crisis-stricken GE to unveil painful roadmap to recovery

  12-11-2017 18:19 via yahoo.com
  Iconic American industrial behemoth General Electric, which has lost investor confidence amid bad investment decisions, is preparing to slice up its empire again, selling major business segments and laying off thousands."There is no sacred cow," newly installed CEO John Flannery has said repeatedly about the need to cut costs and restructure."They have a crisis of investor confidence," he told AFP.
  
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• Frozen treats, other supplies rocketing toward space station

  12-11-2017 18:18 via yahoo.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A stash of frozen treats and other supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday, this time from Virginia's cold eastern shore.
  
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• Advertisers Ditch Sean Hannity Over His Coverage Of Roy Moore’s Alleged Pursuit of Teens

  12-11-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  At least five companies have announced they will not advertise during Sean Hannity’s TV and radio shows following the host’s coverage of Alabama Senate candidate and accused pedophile Roy Moore.
  
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• Advertisers Ditch Sean Hannity Over His Coverage Of Accused Pedophile Roy Moore

  12-11-2017 18:16 via yahoo.com
  At least five companies have announced they will not advertise during Sean Hannity’s TV and radio shows following the host’s coverage of Alabama Senate candidate and accused pedophile Roy Moore.
  
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• 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1: Here It Is

  12-11-2017 18:13 via yahoo.com
  The King of the Hill is back.
  
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• 'My Heart Breaks': Tearful Worshippers Reunite 1 Week After Texas Church Massacre

  12-11-2017 18:07 via yahoo.com
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas ― The First Baptist Church won’t be silenced.
  
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• Donald Trump backtracks on Russia hack as former intelligence chiefs warn he is being 'played' by Putin

  12-11-2017 18:04 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump poses a threat to American national security because he is vulnerable to being “played” by Russia, according to two former intelligence chiefs. Their comments on Sunday came after Mr Trump tried to walk back his claim that he believed Vladimir Putin’s denials that Russia did not meddle in last year’s American election. But John Brennan, former director of the CIA, and James Clapper, former director of the National Security Agency, condemned his
  
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• A Young Holocaust Victim Left Behind a Clue That Would Reunite Her Family Decades Later

  12-11-2017 18:00 via yahoo.com
  The finding of a pendant with a possible link to Anne Frank at the site of a concentration camp has led to an unlikely family reunion
  
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• Bruce: 2017 elections 'absolutely about Donald Trump'

  12-11-2017 17:58 via yahoo.com
  The Powerhouse Roundtable discusses this week in politics.
  
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• We're still aghast at Donald Trump – but what good has that done? | Thomas Frank

  12-11-2017 17:38 via yahoo.com
  To recapitulate, that’s Trump calling Obama incompetent.Do you get all sincere and point out that, no, Obama was actually good at the job and Donald Trump is the incompetent one ... that Trump gets all kinds of things wrong and doesn’t know what’s in the constitution and is unaware that the executive has this power and that power and is ignorant of everything else on this-here long, long list of examples extending the entire length of the page?
  
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• Mom and Boyfriend Charged After 3-Year-Old Found Dead in Woods: Police

  12-11-2017 17:16 via yahoo.com
  The young mom's boyfriend allegedly kicked the child in the head.
  
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• 21 Children, 2 Adults Injured In Gym Stairwell Collapse

  12-11-2017 17:14 via yahoo.com
  A wooden platform and stairwell at Vault PK, an acrobatic gym in San Diego, collapsed Saturday on Kids Night, sending many children to the hospital to be treated for spinal injuries, scrapes and bruises.
  
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• Texas Shooting Exposes Gaps in Background Checks

  12-11-2017 17:12 via yahoo.com
  After the Air Force failed to flag a conviction that would have prevented Devin Kelley from buying the rifle he used in the Texas church shooting, the Department of Defense says it’s reviewing how the military reports information to federal databases.
  
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• ISIS Threat Persists in Philippines

  12-11-2017 17:10 via yahoo.com
  The Philippine army recently retook the city of Marawi after it was an ISIS stronghold for five months. However, while the battle may be over, the threat from ISIS is not.
  
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• GOP Sen. Pat Toomey Calls On Roy Moore To Step Aside From Alabama Race

  12-11-2017 17:04 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) says Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, should withdraw from the race.
  
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• Orbital ATK launches eighth cargo mission to space

  12-11-2017 16:50 via yahoo.com
  Orbital ATK's barrel-shaped Cygnus cargo ship launched atop an Antares rocket at 7:19 am (1219 GMT), a day after a last-second delay due to an unexpected aircraft in the area."Five, four, three, two, one and we have ignition," said Orbital ATK's mission control operator, as the rocket's engines lit up the chilly, gray morning and cheers erupted from spectators near the launch site.The mission is the eighth for Orbital ATK, which has a $1.9 billion contract with NASA to resupply the orbiting outp
  
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• Jared Kushner 'told CNN to fire a fifth of its staff' over its presidential election coverage

  12-11-2017 16:44 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, reportedly urged a top executive at CNN's parent company to fire a fifth of its staff over its coverage of the presidential election.Mr Kushner told Time Warner executive Gary Ginsberg that the broadcaster should sack 20 per cent of its employees because their analysis of the outcome of the November's vote had been wrong, according to the Wall Street Journal.A White House official claimed Mr Kushner had been joking but sources at the m
  
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• Texas church members gather for 1st time since attack

  12-11-2017 16:39 via yahoo.com
  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of people will gather in the tiny town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday to worship with surviving members of a local church where a shooting rampage left more than two dozen people dead.
  
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• Serena Williams Wishes Her Fiancé Would Stop Buying Their Daughter So Many Things

  12-11-2017 16:36 via yahoo.com
  Serena Williams wishes her fiance Alexis Ohanian would stop buying their 10-week-old daughter so many things
  
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• Donald Trump downplaying Russian election meddling is threat to national security, says James Clapper

  12-11-2017 16:32 via yahoo.com
  Mr Clapper was speaking alongside former CIA Director John Brennan on CNN regarding Mr Trump's tepid comments on his current Asia tour after conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin."The threat posed by Russia, as John just said, is manifest and obvious.
  
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• 60,000 Join Far-Right March on Poland's Independence Day

  12-11-2017 15:56 via yahoo.com
  Nationalists marched in a demonstration organized by far-right groups
  
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• President Trump Says He Trusts Intelligence Agencies and Putin on Election Meddling

  12-11-2017 15:40 via yahoo.com
  Trump tried to have it both ways on the issue of Russian election interference
  
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• President Trump Says He Trusts Both Intelligence Agencies and Putin on Election Meddling

  12-11-2017 15:40 via yahoo.com
  Trump tried to have it both ways on the issue of Russian election interference, saying he believes the intelligence agencies and Putin.
  
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• Villagers honour British missionary who died after being kidnapped in Nigeria

  12-11-2017 15:02 via yahoo.com
  Residents of an impoverished Nigerian village have held a parade to honour a British missionary who died after being kidnapped from the eye clinic he had set up in their neighbourhood. Dressed in black, hundreds of villagers from Enokhora, a remote community in Nigeria's southern Delta region, turned out to mourn the death of Surrey optician Ian Squire, 57, who was kidnapped by a criminal gang last month. Three other British missionaries who were held with him were freed last week, but Mr S
  
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• NASA's Operation IceBridge studies ice loss in Antarctica

  12-11-2017 15:00 via yahoo.com
  NASA’s Operation IceBridge has been studying how polar ice has evolved over the past nine years and is currently flying a series of nine-hour research flights over West Antarctica to monitor ice loss aboard a retrofitted 1966 Lockheed P-3 aircraft.According to NASA, the current mission targets “sea ice in the Bellingshausen and Weddell seas and glaciers in the Antarctic Peninsula and along the English and Bryan Coasts.” Researchers have used the IceBridge data to observe that t
  
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• DNC chair Tom Perez on 2017 elections, future of Democratic Party

  12-11-2017 14:41 via yahoo.com
  Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez joins "This Week" after Democrats' victory in the Virginia governor's race.
  
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• Chelsea Manning tells Trump: 'Stop letting troops be killed for nationalist fairy tales' in Veteran’s Day message

  12-11-2017 14:41 via yahoo.com
  Ex-army analyst and veteran Chelsea Manning has targeted the Trump administration in a Veteran’s Day message.The transgender veteran, 29, took aim at the US president and urged him to stop sending troops overseas in what she described as "fairy tale" manoeuvres.Ms Manning has previously rejected the label "pacifist", which was given to her following the leaking of confidential military information in 2010.
  
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